Windows 10 comes with a built-in screen recording tool. It’s one of those things that Microsoft doesn’t really advertise or advertise. It’s pretty well hidden. Officially, it’s Game DVR, to record gameplay. But it does record video from the window you point to, along with audio, so that means you can use it to record almost any type of activity on your PC.
This may be the easiest way to record tutorial, lesson, or bug reports.
But before you get too excited, you should know that this tool is not for professionals. Or even electricity users. There are no separate controls for audio and video, you can’t even specify basic settings for video recording. If you want control, you should use apps like Camtasia. All this is, is a built-in tool to use when you don’t really want/can’t use third party software.
Let’s see how it’s done.
How to use Game DVR in Windows 10
As I said above, this option is very well hidden. You bring it up by pressing the shortcut Windows + WOOD. When you bring it up after selecting a non-game window, it behaves suspiciously. You need to tick the box that says “Yes, this is a game” in order to continue.
Then you will see the Game DVR bar. This is a floating bar you can move anywhere you want.
The most obvious part of the equation is the big red record button. Click on it and the application will start recording the foreground window.
Note: It will not record the entire screen. App only. So if you want to record a game, you’re better off running in windowed mode instead of full screen.
While the app is recording, you will see a floating stopwatch at the top right. The game bar will disappear. Use keyboard shortcuts Windows + WOOD to show it again and click Take note button to stop recording.
You can also take screenshots while recording using Windows+Alt+PrtScr movie off.
After you stop recording, the app will automatically create a video and save it to this computer -> Videotapes -> take a shot.
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Custom settings
From the floating bar, click Gear icon to enter settings.
From here, you can increase the recording time from the default 1 hour as well as enable background recording.
For more settings, click go to Xbox app to see more settings button.
To access the Xbox app, you need an active internet connection.
The Xbox app will give you floating bar-like settings and more.
From here, you can customize keyboard shortcuts for opening the Game bar, recording, and taking screenshots.
If you scroll down, you can even specify the video quality, the audio quality and also turn off the recording.
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